Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith is to boycott the state function to mark 74th Independence Day tomorrow (04) and also cancelled an afternoon mass at All Saints Church in Borella.
This was announced by Colombo archdiocese communication unit member, Father Cyril Gamini Fernando, at a media briefing today.
The Cardinal’s decisions are in protest against authorities’ failure to ensure justice to Easter Sunday terror attack victims and a lack of progress in investigations into the finding of a hand grenade at the Borella church.
He will hold a mass instead, while other churches will hold services to invoke blessings on the country, said Fr. Fernando.
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